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NarūnasK
NarūnasK

Reputation: 4950

How to extract service state via Systemd DBus API?

I'm trying to extract openvpn.service status using Systemd D-Bus API.

In [1]: import dbus

In [2]: sysbus = dbus.SystemBus()

In [3]: systemd1 = sysbus.get_object('org.freedesktop.systemd1', '/org/freedesktop/systemd1')

In [4]: manager = dbus.Interface(systemd1, 'org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager')

In [5]: service = dbus.Interface(systemd1, 'org.freedesktop.systemd1.Service')

In [6]: unit = dbus.Interface(systemd1, 'org.freedesktop.systemd1.Unit')

In [7]: unit.ActiveState('openvpn.service')
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DBusException                             Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-7-22857e7dcbd7> in <module>()
----> 1 unit.ActiveState('openvpn.service')

/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py in __call__(self, *args, **keywords)
     68             # we're being synchronous, so block
     69             self._block()
---> 70             return self._proxy_method(*args, **keywords)
     71 
     72     def call_async(self, *args, **keywords):

/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/dbus/proxies.py in __call__(self, *args, **keywords)
    143                                                   signature,
    144                                                   args,
--> 145                                                   **keywords)
    146 
    147     def call_async(self, *args, **keywords):

/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/dbus/connection.py in call_blocking(self, bus_name, object_path, dbus_interface, method, signature, args, timeout, byte_arrays, **kwargs)
    649         # make a blocking call
    650         reply_message = self.send_message_with_reply_and_block(
--> 651             message, timeout)
    652         args_list = reply_message.get_args_list(**get_args_opts)
    653         if len(args_list) == 0:

DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: Unknown method 'ActiveState' or interface 'org.freedesktop.systemd1.Unit'.

In [8]: manager.GetUnit('openvpn.service')
Out[8]: dbus.ObjectPath('/org/freedesktop/systemd1/unit/openvpn_2eservice')

In [9]: u = manager.GetUnit('openvpn.service')

In [10]: u.ActiveState
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
AttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-10-6998e589f206> in <module>()
----> 1 u.ActiveState

AttributeError: 'dbus.ObjectPath' object has no attribute 'ActiveState'

In [11]: manager.GetUnitFileState('openvpn.service')
Out[11]: dbus.String('enabled')

There's an ActiveState property, which contains a state value that reflects whether the unit is currently active or not. I've succeeded in reading UnitFileState, however I can't figure out how to read ActiveState property.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 6803

Answers (2)

Caesar
Caesar

Reputation: 8514

After having a look at some random examples [more permanent link], I've had some luck with

import dbus
sysbus = dbus.SystemBus()
systemd1 = sysbus.get_object('org.freedesktop.systemd1',
    '/org/freedesktop/systemd1')
manager = dbus.Interface(systemd1, 'org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager')
service = sysbus.get_object('org.freedesktop.systemd1',
    object_path=manager.GetUnit('openvpn.service'))
interface = dbus.Interface(service,
    dbus_interface='org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties')
print(interface.Get('org.freedesktop.systemd1.Unit', 'ActiveState'))

[Edit:] Documenting the versions, just in case:

dbus.version == (1, 2, 14)
systemd 244 (244.1-1-arch)
Python 3.8.1

Upvotes: 5

Philip Withnall
Philip Withnall

Reputation: 5713

You probably need to call dbus.Interface(sysbus.get_object('org.freedesktop.systemd1', u), 'org.freedesktop.systemd1.Unit') and access the ActiveState property on that object. Your code currently tries to access the ActiveState property on an object path, which is not the object itself.

Upvotes: 0

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